001Good morning. Uh we appreciate all of you being here this morning for our special meeting. We're going to start with the pledge in prayer to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for a community who cares. And we pray that you will lead us in the right direction and help us to make the right decisions always for our school. In your name, amen. So this morning, um we will be having uh virtual voting, which is different than our regular voting. Um Jeremy is joining us. She's out of town right now. Um when we do that, it'll be roll cop call style and we'll ask
002each board member to vote and that way it'll be clear on how we are all voting. Um we thank you again for coming early morning. Um some people have questioned that uh that's done so that people can go to work. Um there's a lot of people up here who still have regular jobs and we're trying to get things done for the rest of the day. We also followed all or open door policy and um media notifications that have to be made uh because when this resignation was made then we had to move forward and we wanted to move forward quickly so it would be a positive thing for everyone. So there's a 48 hour rule on how quickly you can have a meeting. This was the soonest that we could have that. So just so
003that everyone understands why this was chosen for this morning. Um, first thing we need to do is approve the agenda. And, um, we do have one addition because it was left out. Um, on accident, public comment will, um, go right underneath the approval of the agenda as item three. And is there a motion to approve the agenda? Motion. Second. Oh, we're doing roll call. Sorry, we haven't done that before. So, all right. There's a motion and there is a second. So, um, Jeremy, we're going to start with you, please. Um, your vote. I I I I I I I All right, motion passes. All right, moving on to public comment. Um, we do have three people signed up to speak today. Um, so our public comment time is limited by policy to 15 minutes. Each
004person can have five minutes. Um Mike's going to be timing for us so that we allow everyone to have that time um to speak and that's fair for them. So the p first person I have down here is uh Mr. McDonald. Uh thanks everybody. Um I don't like talking in front of people especially situation like this but um I just wanted to say a few things mainly for myself. Um, I'm talking from myself here. Um, I understand that actions have consequences and um, all that and even though I don't agree with it, uh, we'll move on like Adam Central always does. Um, I thought a it's been a rough couple weeks for everyone. I and I've thought a lot in the last couple days and I'm going to miss working with Joel. Um he was
005more than just a coworker to me. Um he was a mentor to me even though he was quite a bit younger. Um he taught me a lot of things that I struggled with before. The biggest thing was probably patience and people that know me. Um know I'm not the most patient person but um I'm going to miss the little talks we had. Um he also gave me a lot of confidence. cuz he backed me on some things that when I screwed up, he he always back and he he was one of those guys that he'd let you know if you screwed up, you knew it. And he was pretty stern, but yet he was he was fair. Um, another couple things I just want to mention, I'll be quick. Um, I just hope we all
006give him credit for the things that he's done. Um, the first major obstacle was CO. He brought us through CO, I think, in flying colors. Um, nobody knew what to do. It was a mess, but Joel kind of took it by the horns and worked with you guys and us as a as a team, and I think we done a great job. Um, I don't get involved that much in the financial stuff like Don and you guys, but I I in I'm in it enough to know that he did a pretty good job with that also. And then last thing on my thing is just all the improvements we've made in the last six, seven years um in the buildings and the grounds. Um I I'm pretty proud of all that and Joel's a big
007part of that. So that's all I got. Thank you. Um next we have Miss Arnold. Good morning. I am here as co-president of APA and speaking on behalf of certified staff. I want to take a moment to speak honestly about something that's been bothering many of us. Something that goes beyond simple miscommunication. It's frustrating when major decisions or changes that affect our day-to-day work are shared publicly before they are shared with us, the staff. When students and parents start asking questions we don't have answers to because they saw it on Facebook first, that's not just inappropriate, it's disrespectful. We are professionals. We show up every day to give our best through challenges, changes, and disruptions. But we cannot be expected to carry out our responsibilities effectively if we are the last to know what's happening.
008It puts us in a position where we appear unprepared and out of the loop. It makes us look and feel like we don't matter. We deserve the courtesy of clear and timely communication. We deserve to be treated with information before it goes public. We deserve to be treated as essential part of the community that we are. We deserve to feel like we matter. To be clear, this isn't just a single incident. It's about a pattern that needs to change. Transparency and respect should not be optional. They should be required. So, on behalf of the certified staff, I'm asking that moving forward, we prioritize internal communication, that we are looped in before announcements go live. It is our hope that better communication will be a priority. I thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts
009and feelings of the certified staff. Thank you, Jim. Um, last, I have a signature that I'm sorry I can't read, so I don't know who's who signed up to speak. I don't know. Okay. Yeah. Okay, that concludes our public comments. Um, just one thing I'd just like to say about this whole matter. It is disappointing that someone decided to share something like an assumption on Facebook. Uh, we have no control over that. Um, it it it wasn't one of us who did that. Um, everything that we we speak about and get ready for, you know, prepare for in executive session is confidential information. And I do think that any staff member would would want us to keep things confidential that it's about their employment. And um that's the goal for us to respect that person
010and the confidentiality there. Um it's disappointing like I said but that is why I mean we have executive session is to discuss personnel and that's the time that that can be done freely and I don't think any staff member would want us to come in here and start you know dissecting reasons of of things that are happening or an agreement that would be made. So um I it's unfortunate that that's the way that happened but it did. So, we'll move [Music] on. Um, sorry, I'll keep monologuing, but this whole situation, I I don't know if it's been perceived that this has been easy. Um, we have been working with Mr. Mafy um when he tended his resignation. We've been working on this separation agreement. Um, we have tried very hard to take into consideration students,
011parents, staff, teachers, administrators. We have tried our best to do that and there's been long meetings and there's been a great deal of thought and consideration as to on both sides, Mr. Mafy's and ours, as to what is best moving forward for our school. We've obtained advice from our school attorney and um we did work through an agreement that is coming up. Uh but that agreement is confidential. So um that's all I can say about that. So we're going to move on to our personnel board action items. And the first one here is the approval of the separation agreement. Again, um this has been negotiated. This has is a agreement that's confidential and Mr. Mafy will actually be serving in a different role as a consultant for our school until June 30th, 2025. So, um,
012but he will not be in the building date today. We need a motion to approve the separation agreement. I'll make the motion. Second. All right. Um, Jeremy, we will start with you. I or nay or abstain? I nay. Nay. I I I I motion passes. All right. Next we have approval of resignation and this again is effective immediately and this is what Audra received. Effective today 4:14 2025. I hereby resign from my position of Adam Central Superintendent of Schools as outlined under the conditions described in the separation agreement. Respectfully, Joel Mafy. All right. So, next we need a motion to approve Mr. Mafy's resignation. I'll make a motion. Second. All right, Jeremy, we will begin with you. I nay nay I I I I motion passes and we do want to thank Mr. Mappy for
013his service time to Adam Central and we do wish him the best in his future endeavors. And as Todd mentioned, there were a lot of really positive things. I don't want to I don't want to dismiss that. There were a lot of really positive things with building projects that we did got accomplished and we did come through CO and so he does deserve credit there. All right, moving forward then we do have to um have someone who's in charge to day-to-day operations. Um is there any discussion among the board of the day-to-day operations and um who would in that position like um I will say that um Mrs. Zish has been asked if that would be okay with her to take care of those day-to-day operations, but is there any other discussions before we vote
014on this resolution? Okay, then we'll need a motion. Um, again, this is for the day-to-day operations and Mrs. Katyish is who we are asking to be in that position. And if I could just interject, that is until an interim is appointed. So that we don't know the time frame of that yet, but once an interim is in place, then they would take over the day-to-day operations. Thank you, Audrey. All right. Is there a motion for the day-to-day operations resolution? I'll make the motion. I'll second. Okay, Jeremy, we'll start with you. I I I I I I motion passes. Thank you, Mrs. Um next we have to appoint someone with the authority to sign um and this is a person to sign and approve documents, purchase orders, checks and other instruments in the same manner as
015our superintendent of school. Again, as Audrey has said, this is until we hire an interim is which is what is a plan hopefully. Um and we're not sure how far into the future that will be. So again, Mrs. Katie Ish was asked if she would take part and help us in that area. Is there any discussion from the board on that? Okay. Then we'll need a motion to approve Mrs. Zish in this area as well. I'll make a motion. Second. Okay. Jeremy, we'll start with you. I I I I I I I I motion passes. Next we have appoint individual that has the authority to delay or cancel school and um we usually have two people who are are really looking closely at that. Um Mr. Dan Weber has been working closely with Mr. Mafy
016on that. Always we ask Mrs. position to also be in in part taking part in that decision of school delayed or cancelled. Um, this is our last resolution here. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion. A second. All right, Jeremy, we'll start with you. I I I I I I I motion passes. Next, we have our interim superintendent search. Um, we we're not voting on this, but we're just letting the the staff and community know that we will begin a search now that that things are final. Um, try to find the best person to temporarily fill this position for us before we find someone. Um, I can assure you that we will try our best to find the right person that fits Adam Central. Um, and we'll move forward in the most positive
017way that we can. Anything, Budra? Anything else? All right. Um, we need a motion to make an adjournment to the meeting. I'll make that motion. Okay. All right. Jeremy, we'll start with you. I I I I I I I motion passes. Our next regular board meeting is May 13th, back to our regular time at 7 PM. Thank you all for coming this morning so early and caring about our community. Have a great day and a great weekend.